From October 14th to 16th, it was another three-day weekend. "The Expendables 2" closed in Japan, the last box office, with a total box office of 330 million U.S. dollars, surpassing the previous film and becoming a great success. In response, Summit Entertainment and Stallone immediately
It was announced that the filming of "The Expendables 3" has begun. The new movie will invite Chinese martial arts superstars such as Cheng Long and Real Bullet to join the cast.
In the North American battlefield, "Nighthawks: Reflection" once again achieved three consecutive championships with US$24.8 million. The North American total box office was US$200 million, the overseas revenue was US$85 million, and the global total box office was US$285 million. It was a hot mess. It became the most attractive movie in this off-season.
People's movies have received great reviews and box office success.
The original investment of "The Nighthawks" was US$150 million, and the box office was US$98 million, and it was criticized a lot. The new movie, with an investment of US$20 million, has a box office of US$285 million, and there are endless praises. In comparison, it is really a world of difference!
From October 21st to 23rd, the much-anticipated "Paranormal Activity 3" was released and stole the title of "Nighthawk: Reflection". However, "Nighthawk: Reflection" still received US$12 million this week.
, ranking second on the box office list. Overseas, it once again received US$75 million, with a total global box office of US$375 million.
From October 28th to 30th, "The Conjuring" was released earlier, with a global box office of US$316 million. The next week, Summit Entertainment's last major film of the year, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", will be released simultaneously around the world.
The acclaimed "Nighthawks: Reflection" grossed US$6.1 million at the North American box office, bringing its global box office total to US$410 million.
It is heading towards a global height of 450 million U.S. dollars, making a strong impact.
On November 4, 2011, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" was released on a large scale in 4,560 theaters in North America, and was released simultaneously around the world on the same day. The first "The Hunger Games" earned US$410 million in North America and US$640 million globally.
It is expected that this sequel will ignite the box office boom this year.
This year's highest local box office record in North America was US$381 million set by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)", and "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" set a record of seven.
Three days after the war, the weekend box office was released.
"Nighthawks: Reflection" was released globally after this week, with a total box office of US$270 million in North America and US$462 million worldwide. It ended with such a perfect record. Counting the first "Nighthawks", the combined investment in the two movies
170 million U.S. dollars, and harvested 560 million U.S. dollars, still making a lot of money, and erasing Shao Shuaijun's only failure record.
"Shao Shuaijun's success is unparalleled. The only disadvantage he has compared to Nolan is that he has never had a movie with a box office that exceeds 1 billion US dollars. In terms of the variety of styles and the number of movies, Nolan can't keep up with Shao. Shao, yes
The fastest and highest-grossing director in Hollywood!" - Time Magazine.
"A good director can turn corruption into magic, and Shao Shuaijun is undoubtedly one of them." - "The Wall Street Reporter".
"In Shao's seven-year director career, 13 films have created a total global box office of US$4.08 billion. This data has put him in the history of film records. He is second only to Steven Spielberg 25
The movie has a global box office of 8.1 billion US dollars, James Cameron's 7 movies have a global box office of 5.17 billion US dollars, and Michael Bay's 9 movies have a global box office of 4.58 billion US dollars. He is currently the fourth largest director in the global box office." - Box-Office, the authoritative box office website
-Mojo.
A single film has exceeded US$300 million, including six Chinese-language films. If only the seven movies shot in Hollywood are counted, the single film has exceeded US$470 million. Such a high figure makes Shao Shuaijun proud of the top of the martial arts world.
What's more, Shao Shuaijun's largest investment in a superhero movie "Avengers" has also been completed and will be released next year. According to the predictions of authorities, the Women's Federation also took a conservative estimate of US$1 billion. As soon as this data came out, Michael
Bay will definitely be surpassed, and Cameron will most likely be surpassed too.
Of course, Cameron is a director full of personality. He has made 7 movies in a few decades. The total box office is not enough to prove that Shao Shuaijun has really surpassed the king of the world. Because Cameron's single film box office has surpassed
It has raised US$700 million, and when the sequel to the Avatar series is released, I don’t know how high it will soar.
But no matter what, the global film industry has begun to worship Shao Shuaijun.
In the studio of "Life of Pi", Shao Shuaijun accepted interviews from several visiting reporters including Time.com.
The reporter asked: "Director Shao, with "The Night Watcher: Reflection", you have successfully been promoted to the 4 billion director. This is the most successful example of a Chinese director in the world. Regarding your success, what do you think are the necessary factors for success?
A director?”
Shao Shuaijun replied with a smile: "I don't know how to define it, but let me talk about the insights I gained from "Night Watcher" to "Night Watcher: Reflection". From the beginning, I felt that "Night Watcher: Reflection"
" was a very good idea, but it was terrible after it was made. Then after the movie was replenished, it became a success again. It's like, if you deal with the movie, the movie will also deal with you. You find the trick of the movie, and the movie
It’s for your use. When making a movie, you must be good at making movies. To look at a movie from an overall perspective, you can pursue finesse in the details, but the entire framework cannot be separated."
The reporter didn't understand, so Shao Shuaijun gave another example: "The ability to lift a frame depends entirely on one line. What is this line? It can be perceptual, it can be the main idea, it can be what you want to say, but it cannot be thrown away.
This line talks about some things that others don’t have.
In "The Night Watcher", one of my lines was the conflict between procedural justice and moral justice, but I deliberately pursued the coolness of superheroes and scattered this line. Therefore, the movie failed to pick up the story. "The Night Watchman"
"Human: Reflection", it's still the same line. I weakened the superhero and the line was not broken, so the movie picked up.
For example, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Li Yu opened the era of blockbusters in China, but only one "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was successful. Why? Because it is obvious to Li Yu that the line he wants to talk about is not
Blockbusters are not martial arts, so when you watch the movie, Diao Wei Ya's secrets are revealed, but the thread he wants to say firmly ties the movie together.
Other blockbusters have beautiful pictures and exquisite martial arts, but you have forgotten this line, so you can't pick it up. Why can't many directors get out of this small circle? It's because they don't pick up this line.
If you shake it, it will fall apart. Why can Hollywood blockbusters conquer various markets with different cultural styles? Because they hold on to this line, no matter what packaging is changed, personal heroism remains unchanged, everyone has a heroic dream, so Hollywood swept
worldwide.
If you know how to be a hero, will success be far away? In "Nighthawk: Reflection," I portray a different kind of hero."
"Director Shao has made many successful films before, has he always followed this line?" a reporter asked.
"It can be said that they all have their own lines, bright or dark."
"With the success of "The Nighthawks: Reflection," Director Shao, do you have anything to say? You are still numb. You have had too many successful and blockbuster movies."
Shao Shuaijun smiled brightly: "I am very happy this time. I think this is the most successful movie I have made in the 7 years I have been directing movies. This is not as simple as making up for regrets once. When you achieve great success, once
Frustration may have an impact on you for many years. There is an old saying that "Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years." This is also the case for me. I have been worried about the failure of "The Night Watcher" for four years. If I didn't
Picking up this regret, I suspect that one day I will continue to fail and then be unable to recover. So, now I am very happy, the happiest moment in the past seven years."
"After Nighthawks: Reflection and The Avengers, do you have any new movie plans?"
"Not yet. I am currently working on "The Life of Pi" with Li Eucalyptus and systematically learning 3D technology. It is very fulfilling, so I have no plans to direct it yet."
"Dream Entertainment Group was reorganized into Dream International Holdings Group. How did your role change in this process?"
Shao Shuaijun thought for a while and said: "In the past, I would arrange some movies that I valued for the company. From now on, I will no longer interfere with the company's operations. From now on, I will just be a simple director. If the company asks me to make a movie, I will take the movie."
, and then calculate how much money to give me, that’s all.”
"How does it feel to be away from the company's operations?"
"It's very good. I like this kind of life very much. I don't need to worry about more things. I can have more time to arrange my own private life. It's very good."
"The Nighthawks: Reflection" was a great success, and Shao Shuaijun finally proved that he is a qualified director. So when reporters came to interview today, Shao Shuaijun was very cooperative and answered all the questions he could. The reporters also felt that
Shao Shuaijun was very talkative today. Questions came one after another. From noon to afternoon, the interview lasted for three hours before he left with a full load.
Shao Shuaijun let out a long breath from his throat that was about to burst into flames, and took Li Yu and others to have a drink to celebrate the box office success.
Shao Shuaijun's life is free and comfortable, and Summit Entertainment once again shocked Hollywood.
Amid the ardent expectations of the public, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" lived up to expectations and won the North American box office championship on the first weekend of November. On its opening day, it topped the list with an overwhelming advantage of 70.5 million US dollars, creating the highest number of North American movies in November.
It is the highest first-day opening result in the city's history, and also surpasses the 67.3 million first-day opening result of the previous film "The Hunger Games".
The weekend result was US$161 million, becoming the highest opening weekend record in November film history. This result also broke the opening weekend results of many movies, and was only lower than "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)"
The film's opening weekend gross of 168.55 million US dollars ranked second in North American film history.
It is also the first 2D movie to open at the box office in North American film history.
It has a freshness score of 89 on Rotten Tomatoes, a theater score of A, and an IMDB score of 8.4. While it is a super hit, its reputation is also crazy and strong. This basically declares that the "Hunger Games" series has officially been crowned as another super hit series with good reputation. series.
The success of the Hunger Games series has given everyone another reason to worship Shao Shuaijun, who has an outstanding vision and a sharp eye for pearls! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)